Bacton, Herefordshire
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Bacton is a small village in a rural area of south-west Herefordshire, England, Template:Convert from Hereford.<ref name=OS149>Template:Cite map</ref>
History
One mile to the north are some earthwork remains of a small motte and bailey castle known as Newcourt Tump – "Tump" is a dialect word for a rounded hill or tumulus.<ref>OUP site. Retrieved 20 October 2019.</ref> The castle seems to have fallen out of use by the 14th century.<ref>Template:PastScape</ref>
According to Domesday Book in 1086, Bacton, then in the hundred of Stradel, had only two households. The Lord of the Manor was Gilbert of Eskecot, whose tenant-in-chief was Roger of Lacy.<ref>Domesday entry: Retrieved 19 January 2017.</ref><ref>More on Gilbert. Retrieved 20 October 2019.</ref> The manor's history becomes clearer from the 13th century onwards.<ref>History site. Retrieved 20 October 2019.</ref>
Parish church
The parish church of St Faith's dates from 13th century and has a lengthy entry in Pevsner's survey of the county's buildings.
Inside is a memorial to Blanche Parry. It is possible that an altar cloth belonging to the church was made from a dress once worn by Queen Elizabeth I of England and given to Blanche Parry. The material of the cloth appears to form part of the clothing of the Queen in the early 17th-century "Rainbow Portrait", attributed to Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref><ref>Bacton Church on Explore Churches site. Retrieved 20 October 2019.</ref>
The church belongs to the Ewyas Harold group of parishes and has a service about once a month.<ref>A Church Near You Retrieved 19 January 2017.</ref> Next to it is a village hall.<ref>Herefordshire Council Retrieved 19 January 2017.</ref>
Listed buildings
Bacton parish church is listed Grade II*. A further 16 buildings, barns and monuments from the 17th to 20th centuries are listed as Grade II, several of them in the churchyard.<ref>Listed Buildings in Bacton Retrieved 19 January 2017.</ref>
Transport
Bacton has a single, daytime bus service to Hereford on Wednesdays.<ref>Bus times. Retrieved 20 October 2019.</ref> The nearest railway station is at Hereford (Template:Convert). Bacton is Template:Convert on the secondary B4347 road from the main A465 road between Hereford and Abergavenny.